252 Congregations have closed in Germany since 2015

What I noticed on some of these graphs is the less then 80 publishers per congregation in a lot of those countries. They are probably realizing that that’s not enough publishers to really be viable when it comes to costs and donations. Maybe their thinking get closer to 100 publishers per congregation to maximize their investment. It also frees up tons of halls to be sold for some easy money. The last thing is with so many leaving and dying having congregations with only 60-70 publishers people are really going to notice when 10 or 20 leave or die.

George OneAnyone from Germany here? I am curious if it just might be that they closed down a lot of foreign language congregations? They did that in the Netherlands before.

NO. Only 14 foreign languages congregations closed from 2015 - 2017 .

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berrygerryThe redditor is German, and speaks of resistance inside Bethel (love the terminology). He indicates the opposite - i.e. that foreign group numbers are being used to prop up the number of total congregations, while the reality is a decrease in regular congregations.

Getting off subject but those numbers from Japan just look off to me 10 years from about 2001 on where their growth or decline is not moving much at all. Just looks like the numbers are being manipulated.

crazyguy: "It also frees up tons of halls to be sold for some easy money.."

The reaction of the wt sending gb members off to 'defend' their properties in Russia and this plethora of property sales across the globe tells of a force behind the wt that is stockpiling wealth for ..what some reason yet tobe revealed.

I expect that in coming days will come a huge announcement almost demanding that jw sell their homes and possessions and send the money to 'mother'. This will destroy a wave of families as one member will want to sell and the other will not....fasten your seat belts..